Ij CAROLINA'S LEADING |
JU. 111 111 T NEWSPAPER)
VOL." No. XI X. No. 0
LAND OF MIDNIGHT
SUN TOLD BY MRS.
L T. ROTH IN TALK
WOMAN '8 CU B HEARS V OF
INTERESTING THINGS OF
ft TRIP OF LOCAL
WOMAN
afl SUN NEVER SETS
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For Over Two Months Old Sol
Never Sinks Behind Hori
zon, Speaker Says
Featuring a travel talk bj
Mrs. G. T. Roth, the regulaj
meeting of the Woman's Clul
held Tuesday afternoon at th
: Hotel Elkin was one of un
usual interest. This followed
i the routine business and the pro
gram opened with a piano sole
"For Remembrance'' by Ernesi
Adams, played by Miss EffU
Crater. The educational depart
had charge of tHe affaii
j-gMLM Miss Blanche Dixon Intro
RSed Mrs. Roth who prefaced
talk with a statement that it
been her childhood dream tc
P some day visit the North Cape
"The .Land of the Midnight Sun'
speaker described the ac
complfshment of that , dream
daring the past summer. She
held her audience in rapt atten
tion while she recounted hei
travels.
" The ocean voyage a Danish
vessel sailing from New York tc
Norway was made on a perfeel
ocean, no rough water being en
countered even in the far famed
North Sea. From Islo, the capi
tal of Norway a smaller vessel
was boarded and the coast Jlne
was followed for 1700 miles un
til North Cape was reached. She
explained' that this point is ae
far north of the Arctic Circle aa
Boston is north of Elkin. When
was crossed, a gun was
on board to acquaint the
Hungers with the exact line,
party was extremely for
tunate In having clear weather
to view the strange phenomonon
'of the suj> apparently standing
a position as it appears to
VT,S about half an honr before
. This tras M midnight
fcmi due north of the spectator#.
party
v>eilf-d to climb a steep
aseeif ir about two miles and
then trudge another mile over
M the plateau but it was one never
■ to be forgotten.
F- At thi« point on the North
p-Cape from the 18th of May to
the 29th of July the sun never
•inks below the horizon, and
there la an equally long night
from the 14th of November un
til the 23rd of January when
the Bun never rises above the
horizon. The land is unlnhabl
tated except for the summer
weeks.
After returning to the south
of Sweden another enjoyable
trip was made across the county
by canal from Stockholm to Goth
enbarg. In the course of this
Journey more locks were en
countered than exist in the Pan
ama Candl, there being 16 at one
point alone, the boat having to
be raised 20 feet in each lock.
Rain and wind combined on one
of the larger lakes to bring about
a genuine case of seasickness.
One of the most interesting
spota visited was the island of
tfß'hose capital city of Vlsby, con-
the remains of an ancient
city of the Goths dating back to
the 10th or 12th century It is
entirely unrestored and contains
within the walls the ruins of 17
magnificlent churches.
A. atop was made at Copenha
gen and another at Hamburg
where the speaker remarked on
the , excellent food served. She
could well understand why the
grow so fat. The
|bntlnued through the Neth-
Wk ahd Mrs. Roth describ-
We famous home of the Peace
Inference at the Hague; also
■ disappointment at the sea-
PK). resort of Scheveningen and
the interesting potteries at Delft.
In Belgium a visi was paid to
,fhe battlefield of Waterloo but
laßide from the imposing monu
'ment which has been erected to
commemorate this historic field
there is absolutely nothing ex
cept a place where drinks are
sold to weary and thirsty travel
ers.
After two weeks spent in and
about .Paris, viewing historical
Versailles, cathedrals, museums
D and art galleries. Mrs. Roth
fulfilled another dream of her
life—that of spending a season
at Lucerne. From this as a cen
ter sho,took numerous side trips.
Her description of the Jungfrau
CHATHAM PLANT
EXPANDING WITH
NEW MACHINERY
*200,000 In Equipment Being
Ptaced To Increase Facilities
of Blanket Making
Increasing their capacity 20
per cent approximately 9200,000
worth, of new machinery is be
ing installed in the Chatham
Manufacturing, plants of this city
and Winston-Salem.
|t is thought hat the new
equipment will be completely in
stalled by the first of March and
will requite additional employes.
At present more than 700 per
sons are on the payroll at the lo
nlant.
While many of the mills thru
out the country are idle, the
Chatham plant has been compell
ed to continue its day and night
forces in tusnlng out huge orders
on file-
At a meeting of Ihe board of
directors of the Chatham Man
ufacturing Company held Tues-
Thurmond Chatham was el
ected president of the organisa
tion to succeed his father, the
late Hugh Chatham. T. M. Lil
lard, of this city, was named
vice president; A. L. Butler, sec
retary and H.' C. Graham assis
tant secretary. Mr. Chatham is
treasurer of the company.
BOYS ARRESTED ON
FEDERAL WARRANT
Russell Hampton and Harley
Buellin, local youths are in the
Yadkin county jail in default of
SIOOO bond each following their
arrest by United States officer
R. C. Brown for violating the fed
eral prohibition law. The boys
were taken before U. S. Commis
sioner J. H. Tharpe and'were un
able to give the bond and were
then sent to jail. The pair was
arrested on the Elkin streets
Tuesday.
Johji D. Royall, also of this
city, vai -arrested at the same
time on the same charge, but
gave a bond ot S6OO before
Commissioner Tharpe and was
released - •'K -.
MASONS TO ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES
Elkin Masons will mtet at the
lodge rooms next Sunday morn
ing at 10:40 o'clock and will go
In a body to the Methodist
Church where a special masonic
sermon will be preached by Rev.
[L. B. Abernethy. The Masons
will wear the lodge dress at the
services. All Masons are Invited
to be at the services.
Another call for all Masons to
he 'ht a lodge meeting next Sat
urday night has been issued
when impbrtant matters are to
be taken up.
SMALL BLAZE AT THE
A. CHATHAM HOME
Fire of undetermined orgin
caused a small loss at the home
of Alex Chatham, president of
the Elkin National Bank shortly
after 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon when a blaze was discover
ed on the roof of the home by
employees of the Chatham Man
ufacturing Company.
Because of the snow on the
roof and the timely arrival of
the fire department the damage
was kept to llie minimum and
was gotten quickly under con
trol.
group of the Swiss Alps present
ed vivid picture of these snow
covered peaks bathed In sun
shine and a little later the view
she obtained of the Matterhorn,
was equally as striking. She
saw the first beams of the morn
ing sun touch their jagged,
rocky peak and send torth such
a rosy glow as to fill her room
with light while all about, the
mountains below were still in
darkness. On another of the
side trips the fast express trains
traveled 4 5 minutes through the
Simplon tunnel and through
still another almost equally as
long—the St. Gotthard.
After nine weeks spent in
Switzerland she traveled to Can
nes in southern France, going
from there to Genoa where she
boarded the steamer for home.
The Mediterranean proved Itself
quite rough and after calling at
Naples, the vessel passed out
through Gibralter, unfortunately
at night, and reached tha harbor
at New York one day late due to
the adverse we&ther.
HLiKIN, N. C. THURSDAY FEBRUARY W. 198>
Elkin 40 Years Ago Got Its
Mail But Once
Was Carried
Elkin people who go to the
postoffice thrice daily and get
their mail from a box, know
very little of the hardships of re
ceiving mail as was had here a
half century ago ahd even less.
Mr. A. G. Click and Mr. R. Cl.
Chatham were recalling this
week the days when Rev. James
Minnieh was postmaster and the
mail came here but once a week
and" was carried on horseback
from Salisbury. A crowd always
gathered at the postoffice which
was then in the store, owned by,
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany on the creek, when the
mail arrived the postmaster
COUNTY HIRFS PRISONER
AT 35 T'NTS PER DAY
Lum F.levins, who was con
victed in Recorders Court
last week for carrying con
cealed weapons has been hlr
fcd out by Uie county commis
sioners to J. E. Hamby for
twenty five cents a day.
Inß was given a fine of SSO
and costs and wan sent to jail
when he could not raise the
fine and costs. The commiss
ioners aver they will hire out
all prisoners whenever
ible to make the county a
quarter a day and save the
board bill.
MANY NEW HOMES
TO BE BUILT HERE
DURING THE YEAR
SKVriv BRIO./ RESIDENCES
PLANNED FOR EARLY
CONSTRUCTION WiTH
PROSPPX TS FOR
MANY MORE
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Klkin-Jortesvijlt: is expected to
see more home building tills
year than fir several years past,
according to D. C. Martin, man
ager of Martin's Inc., local real
estate firm.
Mr. Martin has had tentative
plan s draws for seven brick
veneer homes, two of which will
be built in the Elkin city limits
In the near future while the re
mainder will be built in Arling
ton Heights where a recent de
velopment was opened.
From eighteen to twenty
homes will be built m Arlington
Heights alone this year, Mr. Mar
tin stated. Practically all of the
homes to be built will be con
structed by persons who will
live in them themselves although
several rental properties will
probably be constructed. It Is
said.
K. M. THOMPSON IS
MR. BOLES' TRUSTEE
K. M. Thompson, of Jones
rllle, was Tuesday named as
trustee in the matter of the O.
E. Boles bankruptcy case by Ref
eree L. C. McKaughan at Wln
ston-Salem.
No creditors were present at
the meeting Tuesday and Mr.
Thompson was ordered to dis
pose of the matter with as much
dispatch as possible.
home of his daughter, Mrs. Joyce
SMALL BLAZE AT ff yers ; Fr l?, ay morn,n *- after a
VJ M ALL CXI UAIIR lingering Illness, 4 > Funeral serv-
V W. M. ALLtN HOME; ices and Interment were at Union
The fire department was call
ed to the home of Attorney W.
M. Allen on Church street Wed
nesday morning where a small
blaze had originated on the steps
leading to the basemenut of the
home.
The blaze was extinguished
before the department arrived
and the damage was practically
negligible.
MUST HAVE PERMITS
County Welfare Officer LOll
Walker has issued a statement
In which he states that all boys
and girls under sixteen years of
age must have a permit from
him before they will be allow«d
to work under the. state law.
LEGION TO MEET
An important meeting of the
newly reorganised George Gray
Post of the American Lggion will
be heltf at the Tribune office on
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock
and all ex-service men are invit
ed to attend.
would call out each letter, post
card and parcel and paper to
the eager crowd. - ...
For years Frank Day. of Jones
ville, carried mail from Hamp
tonville to Elkin, walking the
entire distance and carrying the
mail which wa s then scanty, on
his back. 01dtimer 8 recall that
in the early days. Elkin had two
postoffices, one called Elkip
Valley postoffice which was lo
cated near where the shoe fac
tory la now located and the ofh
er the Elkin office near the
bridge over the creek on Main
street. The.Elkin Valley office
was not discontinued until the
jChatham plant was moved to Itß
new location.
FRAZIER'S BOND
FAULTY, ORDERED
HELD BY SHERIFF
Said Bonding Company Would
Not Carry Him Over Present
C-oart Term
J. W.-Frazler, obsconding head
of the old Biltrlte Furniture
plant of this city, was ordered in
the custody .of the sheriff by
Judge Shank at Dobson this
week when his bond was found
faulty. He had not made a new
bond at press time, but it was
thought that the mater would be
arranged.
It i s said that the bonding
company only secured Frazier's
bond ,to this term of court and
when the case was continued un
til the April session, the bond
ing company obj«cted Unless s
larger payment was made. The
bond as originally set at $5,000
was hot raised by the court, how
ever
Frazier faces .charges of em
bezzlement "and f®rgery following
the collapse of tlHj Biltrlte plant
here and Frazier's flight. He
was apprehended in Detroit,
Michigan, alnjpst a year afcter the
failure of tue Blltrite plant. He
was tried m Recorders court
here" where probable cause was
found and bound over to superior
court, but it was found that the
docket at this session was too
crowded to Include his case and
hence It was continued.
MISS AUCE DIXON
KIWANIS SPEAKER
Miss Alice Dixon was the
speaker at the Kiwanls Club at
its regular meeting held at the
Hotel Elkin last Friday night.
Miss Dixon, who hrfs been in the
Orient for several years and who
returned home only a few mon
ths ago, told the Klwanlans of
the various customs of the na
tions and people of the Far
East.
She also touched on the trip
she made from Japan last fall
and told many interesting things
|of Europe and Egypt where sh»
stopped en route to Elkin.
GEORGE MAYBERRY
DIES NEAR CYCLE
Mr. George Mayberrv, 78,
highly respected citizen of the
Cycle community died at the
I Hill church, Yadkin county, Sun-
day morning.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Joyce Myers of Cycle and
Mrs. W. T- Myers of Elkin, four
sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis, Hldden
ite, N C., Mrs. Caroline Williams
New Hope. N. C., Mrs. Amanda
Mayberry, Hayes, N. C., and Mrs.
Matilda Redman of Statesville.
Mr. Mayberry wa 8 a member
of the Union Hill Baptist church
and had been a deacon In the
church for the past thirty years.
That he was an honored and in
fluential citizen was attested to
by the throngs of frlendß from
many sections of the county who
attended his funeral services.
TAKEN T> HOHPIT.4I,
Mr. J. L. Lowery, who has
been ill at his home on Elk
Spur street, returned to iong's
Hospital in Statesville Tuesday
for further treatment. His con
dition is gradually getting worse
His many friends will be sorry
to note.
Day Huey Bin She Ah?
> ipsfi spjl $'
'4sij
The line above the picture is Chi
nese ior "Number, Please?" and these
are three ol the "Hello girls" who op
erate the switchboards in San Fran
Cisco's Chinese telephone exchange
Late News
TAFT SERIOUSLY ILL
Chief Justice William Howard
Taft has been taken back to his
home at Washington i n a very
ierlous condition from Asheville
where he went several weeks ago
in an effort to regain his health.
It ijj generally conceded thai the
former president was taken home
to die. He is suffering from a
complication qt diseases and was
so weak when he reached Wash
ington Tuesday ue hardly rec
ognized those about him. Mr.
Taft resigned as Chief JUstice of
■the United States Supreme court
Monday and President Hoover
at once appointed Charles Evans
Hjughes who promptly accepted
the place. Mr. Taft is the only
man who has served as both
President, and head of the Su
preme court.
MORRISON FOR BAILEY
Two ex governors of the state
will be arrayed against each
other in their alignments for
senatorial candidates because
former governor Cameron Mor
rison has issued a statement chat
he is tbr the candidacy of Josiah
Bailey to take the place of Sena
tor F. M. Simmons at the com
ing democratic primary.
CHASE MAY LEAVE
CAROIJNA
Dr. Harry W. Chase, president
of the University of North Caro
lina, is being considered as Pres
ident of the University of Illinois
to take the place of David Kinley
who resigned sometime ago.
CAROLINA HEAVY TAXES
North Carolina continued in
second place in taxes paid the
federal government for the first
six months in 1929. trailing on
ly New York in amount of taxes
paid the federal government.
SHORT SESSION
RECORDER COURT
Little transpired in>* Recorders
court Tuesday morning because
of the inclement weather with
the incidental failure of witness
es to get to court. Boyden Well
born was given a fine of $lO and
costs when he pleaded guilty to
a charge of having liquor in his
possession.
The testimony brought out
the fact that when Deputy Sher
iff Darnell enter* J a filling sta
tion north of Elkin several
weeks ago. Wellborn had a
quantity of liquor which he
threw through a window at the
approach of Darnell.
MRS. J. H. BILLINGS
DIES OF CANCER
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Ronda Baptist church for
Mrs Ida Billings, 56, wife of J.
H. billings, who died at her
home' Tuesday after an Illness of
three yeare from cancer. Mrs.
Billings,. i 8 survived by her hus
band and one daughter. Mrs.
Ralph Martin. Interment follow
ed in the church cemetery..
NEW SON
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mason
announce the birth of a son on
January 24.
MUCH
AT COUNTY SEAT
By H. C. Hampton
Dobson. N. C., Feb. 5—A. J.
Badgett, 76, a prominent farmer
and cittaen of this community
died yesterday a this uome fol
lowing a brief illness- Funeral
services will be held from the
home tomorrow afternoon. In
terment will follow in the family
burying ground by the side of
his wife who proceeded him in
death several years ago. Mr.
Badgett was a high type, of cit
izen. his life being exemplary in
every respect. His word was .his
bond he carried it out to the
letter' in his dealings with others
and demanded of others the
same honor and square dealing
he himself displayed. He esteem
ed men for their worth and char
acter, not on account of accident
of birth In a class or creed or
section. He was born and reared
in Surry county and spent all
of his life in this community.
By hard work economy and good
business management he accum
ulated a consederable amount of
property. He leaves three sons,,
Tom, Georg6 and Bob Badgett,
two daughters, Mrs. Paul Mc-
Cormick. and Miss Rosella Bad
gett all of Surry county.
The Siloam Methodist Church
was destroyed by fire Sunday
week. The house caught fire
near the chimney flue while Sun
day school was in progress,
The Baptist church at Moun
tain Park wa 8 damaged exten
sively by fire Saturday week,
the flames originating in a mus
ic room of the Sunday school an
nex which was being used for
class work by the music depart
ment of the Mountain Park Jun
ior College. Two pianos, one of
the of the school were
The fire is supposed
to have started from oil, a small
ledquaiatiy of which had been
dropped upon the floor when a
fire had been built In the stove,
the heat from the stove causing
it to catch. The church building
is of frame construction how
ever the flames were prevented
from spreading to the auditor
ium.
Mt*» Dorothy Vernon, teacher
training student of the Dobson
school .spent the week end with
he r parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Vernon of Mt. Airy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Rogers re
turned home Saturday from Sem
ora where they spent some time
with Mr. Rogers' parents Mr. and
Mrs. I. L. Rogers.
Miss Myrtle Wood entertained
a number of her friends Satur
day evening at a delightful par
ty at her home the occasion be
ing her 17th birthday anniver
sary. At the conclusion of he
games delicious refreshments
were served the following guests:
Spofford Cave, Charles Moser,
Traft Moser, Dixon Collins,
Thedford Sprinkle, Myrtle Hem
mings, Loree Hemmings, Vertie
Edmonds, Eva Collins, Coly Mel
lon, Jim Holyfield. Jack Hardy.
Dewltf Williamson, Frank Ball,
Grant Brintle, Clyde Holyfield!
Minnie Holyfield, Lillian Holy
field. Jim Snow, Frank Edmonds
Swanson Southern. Lum Holy
field.
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j Grady Cooper is going to
make a trip to central Fla. the
middle of this month in his
trade bus. This Is ,a good oppor
tunity to make this trip at rea
sonable rates. •
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t Surry Superior court tor the
trial of criminal cases only, for
one week's term began herte to
day with Judge Michael Schenk
presid.'ng.
1
The jury is as follows: J. H.
j Key, E. L. Wolfe, G. W. Wllcox
en, W. H. Moore, B. D. Nichol
son, Robt. Hicks, J. M. Chilton.
C. A. Key, J. R. Windsor. G. L.
Belton, J. M. Atkins, E. W. Holt
I M. Gordon, W. H. Owens, R J.
1 Carten, R. D. Livengood, G." W.
L- M. Beamer. J. S. Collins, W.
Hawks, C. E. Hiatt, R. R. Evans,
F. Harris, Lester Lowe. J. D.
J. H. Mitchell, T. J. Kidd, A. 11.
• Love, Geo. Hartley, H. G. Lewis.
Chatham, W. A. York, E C
' Crier, Ellis Hill, T. S. Ashburn,
E. A. Itandleman, C. H. Allred,
W. C. Reynolds.
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Marriage license were issued
the past week to the following
couples: Earnest Fallin, Jones
boro, to Maude Crissman, Si
loam; Conley Burton to Pearl
Snead. both Rufk; D. N. Crowd
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FUNERAL RITES
r HELD SUNDAY FOR
CLEMENT HENDREN
r • „■ "" ■ ™. .
p THKONiiH PACK f'HL'ROH TO
PAY LAST RRBPB(T TO
1 WELL KNOWN YOt'TII
ENDED HIS LIFE
f 7r.
Clement Hendren, 20 year old
a son of Judge and Mra, J. E. Hen
dren, who ended his own life by
shooting himself through the
brain with a 32 calibre revolver
h last Friday afternoon, wa s laid
e to rest in Hollywood Cemetery
H Sunday-afternoon following brief
e funeral rites at the Elkin Meth
*■ odist Church. Rev. L. B. Aber
■ nethy and Prof. Zeno Dixon con
" ducted the services. Rev. Aber
nethy read several scripture les
' sons and the obituary while Prof.
Dixon offered a praypr. The
choir sang several beautiful num
bers. The church edifice was fill
* ed to overflowing by friends of
" the young man who was held in
1 such high regard.
I Hardly anything of recent
_ > ears has shaken the community
as the tragedy Friday afternoon.
Taking the family car. the youth
drove to a lonely place on the
j old Dobson road a few miles
f north of Elkin, parked his car
s to the side of the road and fired
; a shot from a 32 calibre revol
ver through lii a brain. The shot
entered just above the right ear
passed completely through the
head and buried itself In a
snow bank twenty feet away.
Death was instantaneous.
He had borrowed the revolver
r from Harold Click, saying that
_ he wanted it to shoot some cats
. which were molesting his home.
Mr. Click stateg that yniuig Hen
; dren seemed to be in good spirits
I when he called and the two
I played a game of pool on Mr.
( Click's table.
i The body was found shortly
, before four o'clock by two local
f plumbers Ray Gilliam and Ran
t some Smith who happened to be
- passing. The men saw the body
I in the car and thought the man
. sleeping but upon second glani:e
saw the blood about the car
and investigated and at once .
• called Coroner Lee Snow nftfo
i pronounced death suicide.
i The dead boy had evidently
r carefully planned the whole
tragedy and wrote the following
uote to his mother:'
Dear Mama:
"I'm not as well as I seem
> to be. In fact I coudn't £i
I back to work at all. So rather
than be a burden as an invalid
it is best to die. Please try to
I understand that everyone isn't
as brave as you are. It 1# for
the best. My whole life has
been full 'of mistakes. It's
goodby."
! Love
Clement
After writing the note the boy
•arefully foided It, placed a
package of cigarettes upon it by
his side, lay the pencil with
1 which he had written It by Its
side and put the gun to his tem
ple and fired. The gun was still
in the hand when passersby
found the body which was in a
sitting posture on the driver's
side of the car. The head was
bent back over tlie seat.lt i s said
that young Hendren had worked
at the Elkin Furniture plant in
the morning and was seen ou
the streets in the afternoon a
short time before the tragedy.
Added grief to the tragedy
came because the father is in a
hospital at Richmond, Virginia
and a sister is at another sani
tarium whle another brother is
in a tuberculosis hospital at
Asheville.
Few of the younger people of
Elkin were held in so high
gard as Clement Hendren. He
attended the local schools and
later spent some time "iu the
United Btates Naval Academy at
Annapolis. & " *
Honorary pallbearers were
close friends of the deceased,
John Evans, Robert Kirkman,
Ralph Cooke, Glen Evans, Har
old Click and Lee Neaves. while
the Flowerbearers were teachers
in the city schools. Misses Eliza
beth Anderson, Artelee Pultt,
Gertude Michael, Maria Raird, '
Bertelle Lineberry, Ola Angell,
Loline Payne, Emma Cooke,
Blanche Dixon and MesdamoS
D. C- Martin, Fletcher Harris, J.
H. Beeson and Ilttgh Royall.
Surviving are the parentSj,
Judge and Mrs. J. F. Hendren.
three sisters Misess Mary, Irene
and Frances and four brothers,
J. F. Jr., Mavhew, Linville and
Thomas-